The American Senator & An Eye for an Eye: Two Trollope Classics (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

• Two of Anthony Trollope’s novels are in this Kindle eBook: The American Senator and An Eye for an Eye The American Senator American Senator Elias Gotobed hopes to learn about the English during a visit to Britain. What he discovers is the irrationality of Englishmen, British justice and questionable aspects of English life. Meanwhile, the novel immerses the readers in the somewhat desperate search for a husband by Mary Masters and Arabella Trefoil, whose mother is determined to ensure her own financial security by arranging a proper husband. An Eye for an Eye Cavalry Lieutenant Fred Neville, heir to the earldom of Scroope, seduces lovely Kate O’Hara, who lives with her mother in a cottage in western Ireland. The earl pressures Fred to promise he will not marry Kate O’Hara, who is carrying his baby. When the Earl dies, Fred inherits his title and does not feel Kate’s social standing would be to his benefit, so he confronts her on the cliffs above the cottage. Murder is in the air. About The Author English author Anthony Trollope (1815 –1882) wrote novels on political, social, and current affairs. Among his fans are Sir Alec Guinness who reportedly never journeyed without a Trollope novel. Trollope is perhaps best known for his Barsetshire series, which is a collection of six novels. Books By Trollope Include: The Warden (1855) Barchester Towers (1857) Doctor Thorne (1858) Framley Parsonage (1861) The Small House at Allington (1864) The Last Chronicle of Barset (1867)